CED · Board
The founders, operators, and investors in our corner.
CED's Board represents the breadth of NC innovation — VCs, exited founders, public-company executives, university leaders, and the law and accounting firms that make deals close.
Officers
Executive committee.
Karl Rectanus
Impact 4 Scale · Founder
Co-Chair
Scott Uknes
AgBiome · Founder
Co-Chair
Bill Spruill
2NDF · First Speaker
Chairman Emeritus
Michael Crooke
Wells Fargo · Executive Director
Treasurer
Tim Wilson
RASA Energy · General Counsel
Secretary
Annalise Perry
Wyrick Robbins · Partner
Asst. Secretary
Directors
31 active board members.
Silivia Aguirre
Tax CSA · Founder
Neil Bagchi
Bagchi Law · Managing Attorney
Ryan Bethencourt
Wild Earth · CEO
Greggory Bordes
Front Porch Venture Partners · Managing Partner
Scott Bryant
Hutchison Law · Managing Partner
Toni Bucci
Sable Fermentation · Founder
Shila Burney
Zane Venture Fund · Managing Partner
Susan Cook
DAS42 · CEO
Matthew Cooke
Davis Moore · Partner
Barb Coury
NCSSM · Vice Chancellor
Michelle Egger
XFactor Ventures · Investment Partner
Doug Eisner
Catalyst Research Alliance · CEO
Anne English
Wordclass Clothing · COO
Tim Fleischman
Deloitte · Audit Managing Partner
Wade Fulgrum
NC Innovation · VP Grants & Tech Commercialization
Alex Gray
Grey Ventures · VP
Lilyn Hester
Google · Head of SE External Affairs
Mariliis Holm
Sustainable Food Ventures · Founding Partner
Elizabeth Kelly
Pappas Capital · Managing Partner
Jackie Mancini
CVS Health · VP Trade Strategy and Operations
Tim McLoughlin
Cofounders Capital · Managing Partner
Travis Milks
Topmark Partners · Managing Partner
Kevin Mosley
Jurassic Capital · General Partner
Brett Noel
RA Capital · Sr. Associate
Sonna Patel-Raman
Third Floor Consulting · Founder
Carlos Pignataro
Blue Fern Consulting · Principal
Galen Robertson
VQ Biomedical · CEO
Mahati Sridhar
Revolution · Principal
Susan Wall
Corevist · COO
Megann Watters
Labcorp · VP, New Ventures
Blair Willette
KdT Ventures · Associate